'For the Union Dead,' As It Appeared in The Atlantic 50 Years Ago

"For the Union Dead" by Robert Lowell was first published in the November 1960 issue of The Atlantic. Below, see the poem as it originally appeared:

Read the full text of the poem here. A new introduction to the poem by Atlantic poetry editor David Barber can be found here. Listen to Frank Bidart, Peter Davison, and Robert Pinsky read the poem aloud here.